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Over all, there are three mentions of leather armour in the sagas. (as acording to Falk). One is the magical reindeer coats, which do not count, one mention of "thick leather gambeson", in a 13th century translation of the saga of Charlemagne, and finaly a man in Landnåmsbok which was called "leatherneck" because he made himself a armour of oxhide.
Over all, this isn't a lot.
My personal theory is that at this point, thick leather was in quite short supply; Cattle where raised for milk rather than hides, and the later where quite expensive. Further more, the cattle in northern europe where smaller than their modern counterparts. Further more, a lot of what available was used for shoe production.
Thus, making armour of leather could be just as, or more expensive than making cloth armor.
When buff coats show up in the 17th century, this coincides with the rise of large scale cattle ranching in europe; Even then, the buff coat is just as or more expensive than the cursais (!)
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http://www.myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=7754